Natural dyeing

I spent the day with a friend testing some new natural dye pigments. While I mordanted my cotton fabric, A. was preparing an Indigo vat for her woolen and silk yarns. 

  
I added the colors: Weld and Madder



Then helped A. hang her indigo dyed yarns between dippings.



Of course I wanted to dip one of my textiles in her vat for an indigo cloth as well. 


Are you wondering how my cloth turned out? Check A's site for more photo(13 april)!
Thanks A. for a fun day!

Want to do some natural dyeing too? Stay tuned - we'll be teaching a few classes this summer!

Amazing Stitches

In last weeks Stitch Art class, Cherilyn Martin supported students in transforming their practice stitches, into mini artworks. I'm so curious to see what amazing works of art will be created by our 6th and last lesson! Here are just a few examples of student progress from our last class...